"OLYMPIA – Four meetings are scheduled in late March to enable northwest Washington residents to learn more about a proposal to move mountain goats from Olympic National Park to the North Cascades during the summers of 2018 and 2019.
The public is invited to hear a presentation and speak with representatives of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) during meetings in Sedro Woolley, Darrington, North Bend, and Sultan."
https://wdfw.wa.gov/news/mar0618b/
Thanks for posting this.
This is very curious! WDFW should have held these meetings a year ago, before the plan was written and released. Now, the public comment period (last August-Sept) is over, the final plan is about to be released and will be implemented this summer without further public input.
So I guess it's nice for WDFW to hold public relations meetings. Better late than never, I guess. But would've been nicer to hold them before the plan was written, as part of the NEPA process. Why? Because communication is a two-way street, and they could've gained public input. This PR event is a one-way street: here's what we're going to do.
And would've been even nicer if WDFW had helped write the plan - which I can tell you having read it, WDFW clearly didn't as none of their research is in it.
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"the wild is not the opposite of cultivated. It is the opposite of the captivated” - Vandana Shiva
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"of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt" - John Muir
"the wild is not the opposite of cultivated. It is the opposite of the captivated” - Vandana Shiva
communication is a two-way street, and they could've gained public input. This PR event is a one-way street: here's what we're going to do.
If my experience with MORA is any indication, "public input" is seen as a task box that has to be checked, generally begrudgingly, not as a genuine opportunity to collaborate with the public users of the park.
"public input" is seen as a task box that has to be checked
Comment duly noted.
...and ignored
p.s. this is a meta-comment... a comment on my comment on your comment,
not a comment on your comment, of course!
"of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt" - John Muir
"the wild is not the opposite of cultivated. It is the opposite of the captivated” - Vandana Shiva
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"of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt" - John Muir
"the wild is not the opposite of cultivated. It is the opposite of the captivated” - Vandana Shiva
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